Sad news

It has been a little crazy this past week. My Grandfather Jimmy Hudson passed away on Tuesday. He was 83. He was a great man, I sure will miss him. Always had a joke and never let anyone pull the wool over his eyes.

I am also awaiting my son's birth. He is due on the 12th. Can't wait to meet him.

Since these two things have been going on I have been busy.

Here is what I did get to work on never the less.

I was able to get the camouflage painted on the second F-6A along with the start of decaling. I have found that by using 25 PSI on my Iwata Eclipse Airbrush I can create perfect line work and do not have the issue of a spitting airbrush. This is great news for me since I have been struggling with the airbrush spitting off and on in the past due to to low of an air pressure.


I discovered the pressure fix when I painted Kim's belly for our churches Retro Party on Saturday. Hope you enjoy.

F-6A Snoopers 1/48

Here are some photos from the model I just finished.

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Busy weekend

I have been busy this week, but finally got to be able to work on some modeling this weekend.

This is the soon to be British F-6A. I have been working on finishing the American one as well as a P-40. My goal is to have it finished by the 19th of February.



This is photos of preshading on the P-40. I used RML 66 to achieve this look.

This is another photo with the canopy painted the interior color first. Theen I will go over it with olive drab.

This is what it looks like with the olive drab and a coat of future. I just finished decaling the main markings. I plan on applying the remaining decals tomorrow hopefully. I am aiming to have this finished by the end of the month.


He is another close up of the F-6 I have finished the propeller and the installation of the canopy in an open position. This build so far as been a first for me in many ways. I have removed the flaps and scratched built them in a downward position. I have repositioned the ICM pilot into a new position to depict a conversation with someone on the ground.

From the Workbench

This weekend was busy, so I only got an hour or two in. This is some shots of the photo etch interior to the P-40N cockpit.

I was also able to get some airbrushing in of the O-2 Interior and F-6A propellers. I redid the panel line weathering to a darker gray using the same brand as mentioned in the last post. I think this works better and now all I have to do is work on the under carriage, finish up the canopy and use the weathering and chipping techniques I have been reading about in Applied Modeling Aircraft. Hope you enjoy the photos.

Welcome to Bricker's Workshop

This is my first post of hopefully many. I am going to use this blog to track my current Model builds, tips and tricks I have learned and other aviation based information I come across.

Current Builds:
F-6A 1/48 - Classic Airframes - USAAF 1943
I have applied the Pro Modellers "Light" wash. You can find it at http://www.promodeller.com I would highly recommend this product and it is so easy to use.

F-6A 1/48- Classic Airframes - RAF 1943 40% finished
F-6A 1/48- Classic Airframes - White and Black Splinter 1944 - 40% Finished
P-40M 1/48 - Eduard/Muave - China 1944 - 10% Finished
O-2A 1/48 Hawk/Testors - South Vietnam - 15% Finished
I have drilled out the top windows and the Starboard windows from the kit. They come as black decals and do not look realistic at all.